Quotes 41 till 60 of 94.
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It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind. Therefore, it is foolish to guard against misfortunes from the external world and leave the inner mind uncontrolled.
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It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state.
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It's easier to be original and foolish than original and wise.
Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz
German mathematician, philosopher, physicist and diplomat (1646 - 1716) -
Levity is often less foolish and gravity less wise than each of them appears.
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Looking foolish does the spirit good. The need not to look foolish is one of youth's many burdens; as we get older we are exempted from more and more, and float upward in our heedlessness, singing Gratia Dei sum quod sum.
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Many Americans abhor paternalism. They think that people should be able to go their own way, even if they end up in a ditch. When they run risks, even foolish ones, it isn't anybody's business that they do.
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Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They don't live by trade, but by work. Give up that foolish and vain title of Trades Unions; and take that of laborers Unions.
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No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.
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No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
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Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.
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Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion. While nothing is so foolish and baseless.
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Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn't in us. It's almost as if we're put here on earth to show how silly they aren't.
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Only a fraction of book learning will seep into practical life anyhow; and the more foolish the theory, the less of it.
On War (1832) Ch. 23 -
Our ancestors worshipped the Sun, and they were not that foolish. It makes sense to revere the Sun and the stars, for we are their children.
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People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.
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Sanctions and negotiations can be very ineffective, and indeed foolish, unless the people you are talking with and negotiating with and trying to reach agreements with are people who can be trusted to keep their word.
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Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.
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Society always consists in the greatest part, of young and foolish persons.
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Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.
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